Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does a foreign minister.

Confidentiality and transparency are not mutually exclusive, but rather two sides of the same coin.

Everyone learns in a crisis.

Political leaders have to withstand headwinds.

The Americans are and remain our best friends, but this is absolutely not right. We can't simply return to business as usual.

I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats.

I don't want anybody to accuse me of taking advantage of the situation to pursue a particular political agenda.